Now old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own.
He had a yellow cat who wouldn’t leave his home.
He tried and he tried to give the cat away.
He gave it to a man going far, far away.
Chorus: But the cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back, He just wouldn’t stay away.
Give me a meow...meow
They gave the cat away to a man in a balloon. They told him to take it to the man in the moon. The balloon came down about ninety miles away. Where the man is now, well I dare not say.
Chorus
A way across the ocean they did send the cat at last.
The ship was only gone a day, was taking water fast.
The people all began to pray,
The boat began to toss.
Another vessel came a long and took the people off.
Chorus
The cat was a possessor of a family of it’s own With seven little kittens ‘til there came a cyclone. It blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around. The air was full of kittens but not one was ever found.
Chorus
On a telegraph wire sparrows sittin in a bunch.
The cat was feeling hungry,
Thought she’d like them for her lunch.
Climbin’ softly up the pole, and when she reached the top,
Put her foot upon the wire, which tied her in a knot.
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Grade 1-2 choir:Tuesdays @ 12:30The Cat Came Back
Now old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own.
He had a yellow cat who wouldn’t leave his home.
He tried and he tried to give the cat away.
He gave it to a man going far, far away.
Chorus:
But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back,
He just wouldn’t stay away.
Give me a meow...meow
They gave the cat away to a man in a balloon.
They told him to take it to the man in the moon.
The balloon came down about ninety miles away.
Where the man is now, well I dare not say.
Chorus
A way across the ocean they did send the cat at last.
The ship was only gone a day, was taking water fast.
The people all began to pray,
The boat began to toss.
Another vessel came a long and took the people off.
Chorus
The cat was a possessor of a family of it’s own
With seven little kittens ‘til there came a cyclone.
It blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around.
The air was full of kittens but not one was ever found.
Chorus
On a telegraph wire sparrows sittin in a bunch.
The cat was feeling hungry,
Thought she’d like them for her lunch.
Climbin’ softly up the pole, and when she reached the top,
Put her foot upon the wire, which tied her in a knot.
Chorus**
Meow - 7 times